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(No Model.)

G. ELEWY. SPUOL RAGK FOR SEWING MACHINES.

No. 448,528. Patented Mar. 1 7, 1891.

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1S ll. LEWY, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES H. LEVY AND MEYERJONASSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Let-ters Patent No. 448,528, dated March17, 1891.

Application tiled October 18, 1890. Serial No. 368,609. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom z'f may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LEWY, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, at present residing in the city of New York, in the county andState of New York, United States ol' America, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Spool-Holders, of which the following isa full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved spoolholder, and has for its objectto provide a ro tatable table adapted to con tain a n iiinber of spools,each capable of independent rotation, and also to provide a meanswhereby the spools, while free to turn, cannot be removed from the tableexcept by a person or persons possessing the key of the locking deviceeinployed in connection with the spool-holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means forexpeditiously and conveniently removing1 empty spools from the table andsubstituting therefor filled spools, and to construct a device in asimple, durable, and economic manner, capable of being inanipulatedsuccessfully by any person ot' ordinary intelligence.

The invention consists. in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters ot referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figurel is a side elevation of theiinprovement with parts in section andas applied .to the arm of a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is ai1invertedsectional plan view of the saine on the lines 6 6 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of a guide used iii connection with thespools.

The prime object ol' the inventionis to pron vide a convenientspooldiolder intended lo take the place of the ordinary spindle or piiinow usually employed on sewing-machine arms to support the spoolcarrying` the needle-thread. rlhe spool-holder supports a series ofspools, each of which can be brought in such a position as toconveniently feed the thread to the eyes, take-ups, or other devicesemployed for leading the thread to the sewing-needle.

A further object of the invention is to econoinize in the use ofspcolcotton and spool-sill: by providing a device in which the filled 55 spools may be placed,veach being capable of independent rotation andlocked in the device until all of the threads have been removed fiom thespools, thus avoiding the loss of spool thread or silk by themisplacement ot' 6o the spool or by entanglement of the threads, whichloss is experienced to a serieus extent by large manufacturers ofgarments.

An upright rod, post, or standard lO is provided atits lower-end with athread 30, screwing in the arm B of a sewing-machine. The upper end ofthe standard is provided with a cap l2. Near the threaded lower end ofthe standard l0 -is secured a cup-like socket 31, provided with alocking-,pin 32, preferably 7o spi'ingac-tuated and adapted to engageone of a series of apertures 34, formed in the rim of a collar 33,mounted 4to turn loosely on the said standard and in the said socket, tobe I locked therein at any desired point by the said locking-pin 32. Thecollar is secured to the under side of a table i6 of any desired contourand turning with its collar on the standard 10. A series ot' uprightpins or spindles 29 is secured to the table,- which pins 8o constitutethe axes of the spools A and correspond in number to the apertures 34 inthe collar 33.

A cover or locking-plate `1S, ordinarily of like contour as the table,is located above the 8 5 latter and is adapted to revolve around thestandard and to be supported-on a fixed collar 35 of the standard lO.The under side of the plate 18 when in alowerinost position extendswithin a short distance of the upper 9o ends ot' the spindles 20 andspools A, as plainly shown in Fig. l.

rIlle cover or plate 1 8 may be locked iii place when in a lowermost oruppermost position by a suitable locking device, preferably a lock 22,secured'to the Linder side of the plate 18 and provided with a slidingbolt 2l., adapted to engage apertures or annular 1e cesses formed in thecollar 35 and the upper `end of the standard l0, respectively.'.llieii-ov bolt 2l is preferably actuated b v a suitable key 23.

In connection with each spindle '29 a threadguide 36 is employed, whichconsists in a metal strip bent to form a horizontal base member d,having an eye il produced therein for the reception of the spindle andan upright, member (Z2, which is carried inward at its junction with thebase member at an angle essentially corresponding to the angle ot' thespool-head, as shown at dg, the remainder of thememberbeingperpelidicular. The perpendicular section of the member (lf3is provided with a longitudinal slot 57, extending from thc topdownward, through which slot the thread from the spool is adapted topass. rlhe guide not only serves as a check upon the rotation of thespool but also prevents the outer layer of thread from falling down uponor over the spool-head and becoming tangled around the spindle. A guide,il*` desired, may be attached to each of the spindies.

In operation7 when the threads have been drawn from the spools in orderto replace the empty spools with filled ones,the bolt 21 is shotbackward from engagement with the collar 35, and the cover-plate is slidupward upon the standard and the bolt is shot into the upper channel l5of thc standard 10 to hold the cover-plate in an uppermost position. Theempty spools may now be readily removed from their spindles and filledspools may be substituted. \Vhen the table has been refilled with fullspools, the cover-plate is unlocked from upper end of standard 10 andlowered and secured in its normal position. The space between the tableand coverplate is sufficient to permit Vthe spools to rise upward whenthe thread is drawn therefrom, but is not sufcient to permit the spoolsto be removed from their spindles. \Vhen the device is applied to thesewing-machine, the table lo' is unlocked by withdrawing the pin 32 fromthe apertured collar 33, so as to permit turning ot' the table until thedesired spools stand to the left toward the front end of thesewing-machine to deliver the thread to the eyes or take-up mechanismson the head ot the sewinganachine arm. As soon as the desired positionis reached, the locking-pin is again engaged with the correspondingapertures 3l to lock the table in place on the standard 10. When thecoverplate 18 is locked on its lowermost position on top of the spindles29, and the table 16 is prevent-ed from turning by the spring-actuatedpin 32 engaging the apertu red collar, then the thread from the spoolused at the time is not liable to get entangled in the other spools orthe parts of the device, and the spool itself is retained in place onits spindle, an upward movement being prevented by the lockedcover-plate and a sidewise motion by the locked table.

It frequently happens that when the thread is quickly pulled or pulledwith a jerk the spool tends to move up on the spindle; but adisplacement from the latter cannot take place, owing to the positionofthe cover-plate, Furthermore, such a pull or jerk would cause thetable to turn on the spindle were it not for the looking device whichholds the table securely in place. The thread can be readily un woundfrom its respective spool and passed directly to the head of thesewing-machine, for which the device is principally intended.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentln a device of the character described, theCombination, with a fixed standard, of a table mounted to turn on thesaid standard, spindles secured in the top of the said table,a collarSecured centrally on the under side of the said table and provided withapertures corresponding to the number of spindles on the said table, anda spring-pressed lockingpin supported on the said standard and adapt-edto engage one of the apertures of the said collar to hold the spool tobe used in proper position, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES Il. LEWY.

Vitnesses;

CHAs. J. F. KLUPPEL, EDW. M. CLARK,

